The Rochester Institute of Technology

I am a transfer student from Pratt and have been going to this school for three years.RIT is the absolute worst school I have ever experienced. The Professors are rude and don't give a damn about their students. If any student has a problem, you cannot vocalize it or they will give you undeserving bad grades. There has never been an attempt to solve the problems, they just brush them under the table.Since I have had the opportunity to experience another top rated school, I know how college is supposed to be and RIT IS NOT IT.To anyone interested in comming here, don't, turn your car arround NOW and go anywhere that has a good football team. At least you have some eye candy instead of seeing Dilbert in all of your classes.

3rd Year Female -- Class 2005

Surrounding City: C+, Education Quality: F

I came to RIT hoping to get the education that I paid for, but that didn't happen. The professors in the Interior Design program only care about their paychecks and not their students. Majority of the majors at RIT require you to participate in an internship, except the Interior Design Program. The teachers don't have the time to help out, is what they say. The Interior Design teachers have favorites and if you don't brown noise then you are not one of their favorites. If you like to speak your mind and let people know in critique how to improve their work, you are looked down upon. One teacher said one day to us "I have a new philosophy this year." The class replied with, "What is that?" He said "I don't care." He said he was planning on retiring that year and just didn't care about teaching us anymore. Now would that motivate you as a student? I am eager to learn, which is why I am paying the amount of money that I pay therefore I expect my teachers to be motivating in teaching me. At RIT you will not find motivating teachers in the Interior Design Program. Most teachers at RIT are proud of their work that have done and usually show the students. I have yet to see any of my teacher’s work that they have done in their career and this is my fourth year at RIT. My advice for every senior coming out of high school would be to not just go to the school to visit and for the orientation. I would request to talk to graduating students to get their opinion about their education and if it was worth it. I have gone to community colleges and have learned more then I have learned at RIT. With the amount of money that I am paying as a student I demand excellence and you will not get that at RIT in the Interior Design Program.

3rd Year Female -- Class 2006

Campus Aesthetics: C, Education Quality: F

There is honestly too much to put down for negative aspects so I will just list them
1. Absolutely no social aspect to the school
2. Being friendly is something unknown to most students here
3. they take great advantage of parking tickets
4. They don't plow or keep parking lots properly maitenanced
5. Most classes require extra fees to milk students of every possible cent they have
6. Classes don't get cancelled during blizzards putting everyone's lives in danger
7. labs aren't provided with sufficient equipment and up to date computers/ software
8. Shops that certain majors require run on unscheduled times making it impossible to be confident in getting work done on time

9. The gym will be packed everyday all day. Mostly by people who don't know how to properly exercise
10. Every RIT website is confusing
11. Most RIT websites don't work properly
12. Enrollment is completely unfair. They hold extra spaces open for deaf students that don't require the course even though there are majors that require certain classes to graduate.

13. They have several food places to eat, but it's all interchangeable food, just a different name on the place. for example the chicken at salsaritas is the same at Gracies and commons and everywhere else that sells chicken. That goes for everything like pasta, cheese, etc

14. All facilities are run on RIT's time not the student's
15. To get to your classes you must first walk about half of a mile, and during 10 degree weather in a blizzard it is almost unbearable. And like i mentioned before these walkways aren't shoveled at all... that speaks for itself

16. Specifically to my major... the doors to the studios are never locked so students will come up and steal from you unless things aren't locked up tight at all times

17. they do things like construction in the middle of main campus walkways during prime class times. for example the other weekend they had a bucket truck in the middle of the main walkway hanging up a "Freezefest" sign while thousands of students had to walk by the dangerous site all day.. Negligence

18. from my experience with deaf students... they are immature and wreckless so prepare to put up with this behavior everyday.

19. All campus living is a scam. Do not live at Park point, province, Colony, etc. they are money hounds.

20. They claim to have a great hockey team... They were good for a few years, but not anymore.
21. Advisors usually aren't much help. They spend more time out of the office than they do in the office.

22. extremely ugly campus... it looks good from space though...
23. The buildings are designed and placed in a way that they become gigantic wind tunnels. This is not ideal for a place that is already above average windy

24. All the dorms are disgusting
25. Parties are horrendous. Most of the time they are held in Park point or Province apartments that are basically one room apartments so It's always just a bunch of weirdos standing around being weirdos

26. They host tours during the 4 weeks of nice weather in September and May to trick people into coming here. Little do they know there is a 6 month long intense winter

27. All the frats suck. They either consist of douche bags or weirdos
28. Most RIT events will be a complete let down due to either weather or just a bad event overall
29. When there are special events parking becomes closed off for special guests making your 200$ parking passes illegitimate for the time being.

30. Insufficient parking leads to you being late for class because you have to wait 10-15 minutes on average for a spot in your designated lot.

31. There is no community within the campus. it is pretty much a place for students to go to learn and do school work. there is no life within the buildings just static students there for one thing, education.

32. Every food place is way overpriced because they know they can get the money out of you. I mean where else are you going to eat?

33. "This University treats you as a person, not just as a number in the factory." The survey question asked this and I put F. If you get only one thing out of this survey please let it be this one. RIT does not give a fuck about you. Honestly the list goes on and on. I think of something new everyday mostly because these things genuinely do happen on a daily basis. The school is one of the biggest scams in the country and I hope this persuades you to look at other options. I would say the only thing that should make you attend RIT is that you are 5000% sure the major you want is exactly what you need and what you want to do for the rest of your life.

4th Year Male -- Class 2015

Perceived Campus Safety: A, Education Quality: F